An attempt to bring an impeachment to the president

Thursday, 02 April 2015

Report reaching us confirms there is an attempt to bring an impeachment to the parliament by a group of parliament members. Rajapaksa loyalists such as Wimal, Dinesh, Vasudewa and Gammampila are planning to present this impeachment to the parliament. There is an attempt to acquire the required signatures these days.

If there is an impeachment brought against the president or a people’s representative there should be major allegation leveled against the person. However this impeachment presented by this group is not for the reason the president has broke the trust but in fear of dissolving the parliament on the 5th of May. If the parliament is dissolved Wimal and his group would become destitute and they will never get an opportunity to become a member of the parliament again. Therefore the intention of this group is to sustain this parliament until 2016 by carrying the Rajapaksa in their shoulders and hang on to his shawl and acquire three to four seats.

However if this group tries to obtain the signatures of the SLFP party members and present this impeachment to the parliament and if the speaker accept this impeachment the president will lose his power to dissolve the parliament. This pro Rajapaksa group is trying to use this opportunity to protect their MP post by dragging this parliament until 2016.